Kandiyohi County officials searching for mother and son

Kandiyohi County officials are asking for the public's help to find a woman and her 4-year-old son.

The county sheriff's office says Amy Lorraine Winterfeldt, 44, was supposed to make a court-ordered parental exchange in Appleton, Wisconsin, Saturday, but didn't show up with her son, Alex Gomm – he's also known as Johan Winterfeldt, WCCO reports.

Alex was reported missing to Appleton police and there is now a warrant out for Winterfeldt's arrest for deprivation of parental rights, KSTP notes.

Winterfeldt had reportedly become “increasingly paranoid” about returning the child to his father, according to a statement by the sheriff’s office, the West Central Tribune reports.

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The sheriff's office believes Winterfeldt could be headed to Utah or Wisconsin with Alex (pictured center), and her two adopted sons, 5-year-old Daniel (left) and 6-year-old Jacob (right). Another son is in protective custody, the newspaper says.